The Mistake of Identity: ‘Mr. Klein’
In this episode of the Fascism on Film Podcast, we discuss Joseph Losey’s 1976 masterpiece Mr. Klein, set in Nazi-occupied France. Alain Delon plays Robert Klein, a Paris art dealer who profits from the desperation of Jewish families forced to sell their belongings before deportation. He’s confident and comfortable in his privilege—until a Jewish newspaper […]
Finding the Courage: ‘This Land Is Mine’
Jean Renoir’s This Land Is Mine (1943) turns a Hollywood wartime drama into a story about fear, conscience, and the quiet choice to resist. Made after Renoir fled Vichy France, the film follows Albert Lory (Charles Laughton), a shy schoolteacher who must face his own cowardice under Nazi occupation.